Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-24


many architectural styles in the group
Of buildings shows the taste OF their
various founders, and the history Of
some Of Ike buildings is very interest
ing
While the courteous old man talked
tie afternoon sunshine flooded the
great square of the littls Heidelberg.
A narrow black line ran aslant the mp
Fer flont Of the palace. 1t was the
shadow on the sun Gial, and it marked
the hour Of {. "The sun dial is just as
it is in Heidelberg" he said, "and |
can tell the time as well on the little
face as by my watch"
Frederick palace. which is shown on
the northern side of the little square,
is of most beautiful design. Mr..
PotelCr has reproduced with the
greatest fidelity over a hundred busts
OF the electoral governors which are
us, d in the decoration of the front Of
the palace. Even the coats-of.arms
and Guartcrings over the entrances are
clearly cut. The little building is con
stiuctcd entirely of GENE Mt, which has
hardened in the SIN 10 the consistency
Of stone. II IS Of warm red in color
I he b,ovn-up tower, half of which Is
an artistic heap Of ruins. was manu-
featured out Of fresh Portland cement
It WIS blown mp by the French during
the tLirty-ycars war, but the masonry
was 20 massive that it simply split IN
two, onc-half remaining erect and the
other half falling into the ditch OF the
castle.
Conducting his visitors around the
square, Mr. Peteler led them upa short
flightof steps, and through an aperture
in one Of the buildings showed them a
toc-SimHc of the famous Heidelberg
tun. 1t is really thirty-six feet long
and twcuty-four feet high, and capable
Of holding 2Sl.0O0 bottles OF wine,
although the little model is not more
than twelve inches in length and six or
eight high. On the top Of the great
tun is a platform on which the old gen
tlcmsn said eighteen couples could
dance. At the back Of the castle is .
bread balcony which ovorlooks the
lower town. Mr.. Petcler placed his
finger on the imprint OF human foot
cut into the cement floor OF the bal
cony. This is where n knight alighted
who jumped from an upper window ut
the sacking Of the castle by the French.
The footprint will he found in the bal
cony in Heidelberg" There are in
the square several statues. or rather
statucttcs, and among them one Of
Marshal Wrcde, who led the Bayarau
force. as late as 1913. In another part
Of Nr. Peteler's grounds the sea water
is let in Ivy pipes and form, an arti-
fetal lake. in which the tide rises and
falls. Upon prohontory which IutS
into the lake Is the beautiful castle of
Hohon-Schvangon. Its towers are
nearly ten feet high, and with It's cluster
Of buildings it is picturesque and beau
tiful. On another bank of the lake IS
the castle Of Sunneck.
Concerning himself Mr. PctcIcr said ::
"Whcn ! landed in New York forty
seven years ago, a very Young man, /
took the first employment that was Of
ltAFN il's NtAN - III II w AiA' iNNt'
of % widow who made paper boxes, and
found il in the middle Of a cornicld
somewhere about Sixth avenue and
Fifteenth street did not get much
pay, and ~ / hnl learned the art ot
The confcct.oucr in Paris | on> day
made O stotuctte Of tie famous Fanny
LHl,r ia icing, and took it to q conicc-
tionuinthcc.ty. Atthat :imctherewcro
nomn in New York whocould 10 such
worl. Mr.. Howard, proprietor of How
ards Hotel. winch stood mt Broadway
md Maiden Lane, saw the statuettr,
sent for ne, and engaged me immcdi-
atciv to get up the conicction' used i'm
tie hotel. lSaycdmoucy. and Mr.. John
Jacob Aston assisted IL to go into busl-
ness for myself in one Of his stores OPP
posite NlblOs Garden.